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Amos 5:3

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KJV ORIGINAL

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Here's what the Lord God is saying: That city that used to send out a thousand soldiers? Only a hundred will make it back home. And the one that sent out a hundred? Only ten will return to Israel.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God's warning hits different when you realize how much can be lost.

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